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Senior Property Tax Exemptions
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EXEMPTIONS
Clause |
Persons who are eligible |
Qualifications |
Amount |
17D |
Surviving Spouse, Minor, Aged Person |
Total estate, both real and personal cannot exceed $40,000 exclusive of any mortgage interest in any real estate included in total estate and exclusive of total value of domicile up to a 3-unit building of which one unit is owner occupied. |
$175.00 |
18 |
Hardship |
Any person who is so aged, inform and poverty stricken that he or she is unable to contribute to public charges, (subject to M.G.L. Section 5A) |
No Specific Amount |
22 |
Disabled Veteran |
10% or greater disability, Purple Heart, or widows or widowers of qualified veterans (as long as they remain unmarried) or parents of service men killed in action. |
$400.00 |
22A |
Disabled Veteran |
Loss of one foot, hand or sight of one eye, or Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross or Navy Cross |
$750.00 |
22B |
Disabled Veterans |
Loss of both hands, feet or eyes |
$1,250.00 |
22C |
Disabled Veterans |
Specially-adapted housing |
$1,500.00 |
22D |
Surviving Spouse |
Surviving spouses of service members or guardsmen who died from injury or disease due to being in combat zone, or who are missing in action and presumed dead due to combat. |
Full 1st Five Years $2,500 After |
22E |
Disabled Veterans |
100% disability and incapable of working. Must file certification indicating inability to work. |
$1,000.00 |
Paraplegic |
Disabled Veterans |
Paralysis of lower half of body on both sides, Surviving spouses of paraplegics |
Full |
37A |
Blind |
Legal Resident of Mass. Proof of blindness from the Mass. Commission of the Blind must be furnished each year. |
$500.00 |
41C |
Elderly |
Applicant must be 65 prior to July 1, be a resident of Massachusetts for 10 years and owned real estate in Massachusetts for 5 years. If single, income cannot exceed $20,000; or if married, combined income of applicant and spouse cannot exceed $30,000. Minimum social security deductions, if any, are allowed. If single, the whole estate cannot exceed $40,000; or if married combine whole estate of applicant and spouse cannot exceed $55,000. Value of domicile up to a 3-unit dwelling, of which one unit is owner occupied, is also excluded. |
$500.00 |
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